Milk Teeth Papa said, "I did hear some of what the parrot said. But he didn't say anything important. He was just asking about his friend. "
"Asking?" Angor asked, "What did Parrot ask?"
Milk Tooth Papa thought carefully. "For example, where are we leaving this time, when are we leaving, and so on … In any case, it's just these few questions. His companions would occasionally answer a few questions, but most of the time, they were silent."
Papa looked around and whispered, "I think … Parrot's friend didn't answer because he was annoyed by Parrot's questions."
In Papa's opinion, anyone would get annoyed if they were asked the same question over and over again.
The fact that Parrot's friend didn't lose his temper was already good enough.
Angor felt something was wrong. He exchanged a glance with Laplace and whispered, "As far as I know, Parrot isn't a talkative person."
Laplace didn't say anything. Papa rubbed his chin like a wise man and continued, "I've met Parrot before. He's not a talkative person. That's why he was acting strange.
"But Parrot was always alone when I met him before. This time, there are two of us. It's normal that he's talkative when his friend is with him.
"Some people are just boring when they're alone. But as long as they have friends with them, they'll become different people. For example, I have a friend who always acts like he's autistic when he's alone. But as long as he's with me … "
Papa the baby teeth seemed to be getting more and more excited as he talked, chattering on and on about his story.
Angor listened for a while and didn't find anything useful. He blocked Papa's words and began to talk to Laplace through his consciousness.
"Parrot isn't a talkative person." Angor started with the same sentence.
Laplace nodded. "Parrot is always on guard against everyone."
Even though they had signed a contract with Parrot, Parrot still didn't relax. Because of this, when Papa the Baby Tooth said that he kept asking questions about the 'fake Luigi', it was obviously not right.
"What do you think?" Laplace looked at Angor.
Angor considered for a moment. "I think Parrot already noticed something wrong with 'Luigi'."
The parrot was a taciturn person, but Luigi was a real chatterbox. He could chat with anyone. Previously, in order to buy Nakbi from the profiteer Pilucci, Luigi even acted out a show with the parrot.
From these details, it could be seen that Luigi was an extrovert.
But in Pappa's mouth, Luigi's and the parrot's personalities were completely switched.
The parrot was certainly himself, and Luigi was a false Luigi.
Therefore, the change in the parrot's personality was most likely due to it discovering that something was wrong with Luigi, so it made some kind of … test.
Of course, it was only a guess. He did not have any proof.
Laplace agreed with Angor. The parrot was always cautious. At first, it would be too excited to leave the mirror area and overlook the fake Luigi. But as they left the area, the parrot would slowly calm down and observe Luigi again. Luigi's behavior was different from before.
It was very likely that the parrot would become suspicious and test Luigi.
While Angor and Laplace were talking, Pappa finished telling his story and changed the topic. "By the way, I think I heard Parrot asking his friend if he wanted to buy some music …"
"Music?" Angor was a little surprised. "Are you sure you want music?"
Baby Teeth Papa nodded. "That's right, we're buying music scores. But I don't know what kind of music he wanted. I think his friend refused. "
"And then Parrot didn't say anything else."
Both Angor and Laplace looked at each other in the same way.
They did not have any proof before, so they could not tell whether Parrot noticed Luigi's abnormality.
But now, the matter of the "music score" was a relatively strong piece of evidence.
This was because Luigi had already bought all the music scores from the parrot before this. The parrot did not have any other music scores. Even if he bought music scores from other vendors, it would be impossible to find music scores that were on the same level as "Dark Alley Scripture" and "Filthy Blood Purification Song" in such a short time. Furthermore, Luigi did not ask the parrot to buy music scores. It was impossible for the parrot to buy music scores from others.
Therefore, when Parrot asked Luigi if he wanted to "buy music", it could only mean that Parrot was testing Luigi.
As for whether Parrot found out anything?
It was hard to say.
Pappa only knew that Luigi refused Parrot's request, but he did not know the details. If Luigi's reason was "I bought it before", then Parrot probably did not find out anything. But if Luigi used some other reason, then Parrot probably did.
But whether or not the parrot had used the "musical score" to test the waters, it was certain that he had "doubts" about Luigi. That much was certain.
As long as Parrot was suspicious, he would eventually find out that something was wrong with Luigi's identity.
…
After chatting with Pappa, Angor went to check the place where Parrot identified the "blood stone" to see if he could find any other clues.
Unfortunately, he did not find anything.
It was normal. Parrot did not know whether Luigi was real or not, nor did he know that Angor and Laplace would use aura tracking to find traces of Luigi. Under such circumstances, Parrot would not leave any clues in a strange place.
After bidding farewell to Bloodstone Casino, Angor and Laplace returned to their consciousness space.
They planned to go to the second location where Parrot's aura was found, which was a crystal corridor that connected different areas.
While wandering in the space, Angor was thinking about something else.
"How did the person who took Parrot know that we signed a contract with him and agreed to take him away?"
The person who imitated Luigi must know something. Otherwise, he would not have contacted Parrot in Luigi's image and gained Parrot's trust in the first place.
But, how did the other party know the inside story?
When they talked to Luigi, they were sure that there was no one around. Also, Laplace was the one who opened the barrier.
Even though Laplace's doppelganger wasn't powerful enough and its barrier might not be able to stop the big shots' destruction, Laplace's status was extremely high. Even if the barrier she released couldn't stop the destruction, it could block the outside world's prying eyes. Even a near-legendary existence would not be able to see what was going on inside without destroying the barrier.
And Laplace's barrier was not destroyed, so no one should know that they had signed a contract with Parrot.
So, where did the problem come from?
Laplace considered. "That person couldn't break through my barrier. But when we left the stall area, Parrot couldn't have set up a defense on his own. Whether it was reading Parrot's memory, mind reading, or something else, someone must have done something to Parrot's mind when he was alone. "
Angor agreed with the idea. But who did it?
"Don't worry about it. We'll know when we find Parrot," Laplace said.
After a pause, Laplace said, "We've arrived at the second coordinate area."
As soon as Laplace finished speaking, both of them left Angor's consciousness and found themselves inside a winding crystal tunnel.
There was no one around, so the tunnel was quiet.
They could tell that Parrot wasn't here.
Since there was no one around, they didn't need to enter the "1" area from the "1.1" area.
Maintaining their illusionary consciousness, they began to search the area where Parrot's aura was still lingering.
At first, he did not expect to find any clues. There was no one to ask, and he could only see the empty tunnel around him.
To Angor's surprise, Laplace discovered something in just a few seconds.
Angor quickly went to find Laplace.
Laplace was standing in a corner of the tunnel, staring at a pool of blood on the ground.
Angor also noticed the abnormality on the ground. He crouched down and checked the scratches on the ground and walls.
Angor spoke in a serious tone, "There are obvious signs of fighting. There are bloodstains on the ground as well. Someone got hurt."
Laplace nodded and said softly, "The parrot should be injured."
The shop assistant at Wetland Mart told him that the fake Luigi didn't have a physical body, but an "energy body" in disguise.
Energy bodies didn't have blood.
Therefore, Parrot must be the one who got hurt.
Also, he was wondering why Little Red mentioned "Crystal Corridor" as one of the six locations with parrot auras.
Normally speaking, the Crystal Tunnel was only used for passing through. No one would stay here for too long. There weren't any facilities for people to stay here.
Therefore, it was strange that Parrot's aura was here.
Now that he saw the bloodstain, he finally understood what was going on. It was the parrot's blood that had been left here. The pheromones contained in the blood were many times stronger than the natural aura. That was why the crystal corridor had the parrot's aura.
Also, the blood left behind by Parrot seemed to indicate something else.
"Parrot must have noticed something wrong with Luigi," Laplace said in a confident tone.
Angor nodded.
From the traces left behind, it was certain that there had been some kind of conflict here. Since Parrot's blood was here, it meant that Parrot and his companion, the fake Luigi, got into a fight.
There was only one thing that could lead to this conflict: Parrot found out that Luigi was a fake.
"In the end, Parrot lost."
Angor wasn't a Bloodline Wizard, but he had many friends who were. Even his elder brother, Leon, was a Bloodline Wizard. Therefore, he knew a lot about Bloodline Wizards.
The most important thing a Bloodline Wizard should do when traveling in the outside world was to not leave any of their blood outside.
Bloodline Wizards' blood contained a lot of pheromones, which not only recorded the structure of their bloodline, but also the meditation method they used to activate their bloodline.
If an enemy knew about this, they would be able to launch targeted attacks.
They could even use their blood to perform long-distance prophecies and curses.
As a Bloodline Wizard, Parrot would never leave his blood outside. Even if he was injured, he would still control the pheromones inside his blood. His blood would basically contain "no" pheromones.
However, the blood on the ground clearly contained a lot of pheromones, which meant Parrot must have left it there on purpose.
Parrot probably couldn't defeat the fake Luigi, so he left his blood as a clue.
He didn't do this because he knew Angor would come after him, but because he wanted to leave a clue for someone else. For example … his enemy.
Parrot must have noticed Rice God's pursuit since he left the mirror area in such a hurry.
Parrot probably left his blood for Rice God.
Laplace considered and nodded. "That's very likely. But it's also possible that Parrot was restrained, or he just fainted and couldn't control his blood. That's why he left his blood here.
"If Parrot left his blood here on purpose, then there's no need to think too much about it. But if Parrot left his blood here to leave a clue for someone else, then there's more to it than meets the eye."
Laplace paused and looked at Angor. "Under what circumstances do you think Parrot would rather be captured by Rice God than the fake Luigi?"
Angor considered for a moment. "Parrot found out who the fake Luigi is. And he's terrified of the fake Luigi. Parrot knew that he wouldn't have a good ending if he fell into the fake Luigi's hands. "
Parrot would rather be hunted by the Dark Blood Church than become the fake Luigi's captive.
"Indeed," Laplace said. "So … the fake Luigi is not an ordinary person."
Maybe the fake Luigi was not an ordinary person, or maybe he had a powerful background.
Also, someone who set up such a trap must have planned for a long time.
"Do you have any idea who the fake Luigi is?" Angor asked.
Laplace shook his head. "I'm not sure yet. But that's not important. There's nothing else to see here. Let's go to the next coordinate."
Laplace summoned a giant mirror and asked Angor to return to his mind space.
Angor didn't leave right away. Instead, he pointed at the bloodstain on the ground. "Should we deal with this?"
Laplace considered and pointed a finger at the air. A faint glow covered the blood's scent. "Let's leave it here for now. Let's cover it up for a while and make a decision based on the situation. "
Angor nodded and jumped into the mirror together with Angor.
They returned to the next coordinate, which was the last one Little Red sensed.
If he wasn't mistaken, Parrot should be there.
(End of Chapter)
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